CVE-2018-10597 Memory corruption in IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors
Unauthenticated attackers can write arbitrary data to memory on Philips patient monitors, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10597?
CVE-2018-10597 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ICS-CERT IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors, published on 5 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IntelliVue Patient Monitors MP Series (including MP2/X2/MP30/MP50/MP70/NP90/MX700/800) Rev B-M, IntelliVue Patient Monitors MX (MX400-550) Rev J-M and (X3/MX100 for Rev M only), and Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors FM20/FM30/FM40/FM50 with software Revisions F.0, G.0 and J.3 have a vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to access memory ("write-what-where") from an attacker-chosen device address within the same subnet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10597?
It affects 18 products.
Products include Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm20 Firmware, Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm30 Firmware, Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm40 Firmware, Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm50 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mp2 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mp30 Firmware and 12 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-10597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ICS-CERT IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4g7j-fjgw-f3qw.